| Main Entry: | condition |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adapt, prepare |
Synonyms: |
accustom, brainwash, build up, educate, equip, habituate, inure, loosen up, make ready, modify, practice, program, ready, shape up, sharpen, tone up, toughen up, train, warm up, whip into shape, work out, work over |
| Main Entry: | cook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare food, usually using heat |
Synonyms: |
French fry, bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, decoct, deep fry, devil, doctor*, escallop, fix, fricassee, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke, panfry, parboil, parch, percolate, poach, pressure-cook, reduce, roast, ruin*, sauté, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, warm up |
| Main Entry: | exercise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do repeatedly, especially to improve |
Synonyms: |
break, break in, condition, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, dry run, exert, fix, foster, groom, habituate, hone, improve, inure, labor, lick into shape, limber up, loosen up, maneuver, ply, practice, prepare, pump iron, put out, put through grind, put through mill, rehearse, run through, set, strain, teach, train, tune up, walk through, warm up, work, work out |
| Main Entry: | heat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become hot |
Synonyms: |
bake, bask, blaze, boil, broil, calorify, chafe, char, enflame, enkindle, fire, flame, flush, frizzle, fry, glow, grill, grow hot, grow warm, ignite, incandesce, incinerate, inflame, kindle, melt, oxidate, oxidize, perspire, raise the temperature, reheat, roast, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, set on fire, singe, smelt, steam, sun, swelter, tepefy, thaw, toast, warm, warm up |
Antonyms: |
cool, freeze |
| Main Entry: | microwave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cook |
Synonyms: |
bake, heat, melt, nuke, warm up, zap |
| Main Entry: | nuke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cook |
Synonyms: |
bake, brown, heat, microwave, warm up, zap |
| Main Entry: | practice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat action to improve |
Synonyms: |
become seasoned, build up, discipline, do again, dress, dress rehearse, drill, dry run, exercise, go over, habituate, hone, iterate, polish, prepare, recite, rehearse, run through, shake-down, sharpen, study, train, try out, tune up, walk through, warm up, work, work out |
| Main Entry: | prepare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or get ready |
Synonyms: |
adapt, adjust, anticipate, appoint, arrange, assemble, brace, build up, coach, concoct, construct, contrive, cook, develop, dispose, draw up, endow, equip, fabricate, fashion, fill in, fit, fit out, fix, form, formulate, fortify, furnish, gird, groom, lay the groundwork, make, make provision, make up, outfit, perfect, plan, practice, prime, produce, provide, put in order, put together, qualify, ready, settle, smooth the way, steel*, strengthen, supply, train, turn out, warm up |
Antonyms: |
disorganize, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | ready |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare |
Synonyms: |
arrange, brace, brief, clear the decks, equip, fill in, fit, fit out, fix, fortify, gear up, get, get ready, get set, gird, keep posted, let in on, make, make ready, make up, order, organize, pave the way, post, prep, provide, psych up, put on to, set, strengthen, warm up, wise up |
Antonyms: |
hold back, retard, slow |
| Main Entry: | rehearse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare for performance |
Synonyms: |
act, depict, describe, do over, drill, dry run, experiment, go over, go through, hold a reading, hone, iterate, learn one's part, narrate, practice, ready, recapitulate, recite, recount, reenact, reiterate, relate, repeat, review, run lines, run through, study, take from the top, tell, test, train, try out, tune up, walk through, warm up, work out |
Antonyms: |
go cold turkey |